The Stone Circle Poems: The Collected Poems of Terry Wooten - Softcover

Terry Wooten created Stone Circle near Elk Rapids, Michigan in his early years as a poet.  Stone Circle grew as a Midwestern destination as Wooten&;s poetry flourished.  Now, in his mid-sixties, Wooten is a living legend on the Midwest arts scene, and his Stone Circle is a cherished institution which draws its audience from across the region and beyond.

  &;Wooten&;s writing shows us a deeper meaning and mystery inherent in the physical. If he measures the world too much with poetry, as his sixth-grade daughter complained, his perspective is none-the-less deeply healing and counter-culture, showing us our lives are ripe with meaning. In his poetry we are natural in a natural world.&;
 
                  --Rose Bohn, poet and professor of English, Penn State University
 
 
&;We created language to tell our stories. I have always subscribed to the notion that words should attempt to remain invisible behind the story they carry. Terry Wooten&;s words are pure. His poems share wonderment, the connections, the feelings, the triumph, the failures, the experiences, and the small miracles that make up our human existence.&;
 
                  --Ben Mikaelsen, author of Touching Spirit Bear and Petey, Bozeman, Montana
 
 
&;Stone Circle Poems is everything a collection of poetry should be: concentrated immortality, personal and universal, a time machine and a transportation device, bittersweet and fun. Terry Wooten&;s work is, in a word, magical.&;
 
                  --Daryth Davey, poet,  language and literature teacher,  Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
 
 
&;For more than 40 years Wooten&;s poems have radiated the vitality and preciousness of everyday existence while his dedication to the oral tradition has kept the flame of art burning brightly. This collection is a testament to a life well lived in the service of poetry.&;
 
                  --Patrick Pfister, author of Pilgrimage: Tales of the Open Road, Barcelona, Spain
 
 
&;Terry Wooten is truly a modern-day bard. Many a poet owes a legacy to him, myself included. Wooten&;s voice is so indomitable that his poems sing out on the page, resonating with that very primal place inside a reader where one longs to gather with one&;s tribe around a fire, and listen to the wisdom collected here. His poems inspire surprise and wonderment -  prepare to be delighted and awed.&;
 
                  --Mi Ditmar, poet, creative writing instructor, Syracuse University and Mellon Grants Coordinator for the Central New York Humanities Corridor
 
 
&;Terry Wooten is a fine poet in the tradition of Whitman and Williams. His work celebrates our history and our encounters with civilization. His poems show a humane and understanding heart, and a humor and wit that helps illuminate our daily lives.&;
 
                  --Herb Scott, the late poet and professor of English, Western Michigan University